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Subject: Re: Why is HIARCS X so good at Blitz & Standard Chess?

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 17:50:10 01/10/04

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On January 09, 2004 at 09:58:03, Stephen Ham wrote:

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>
>
>>Might it be possible that the next Hiarcs could be a breakthrough in computer
>>chess level, from what you can guess (based on your understanding)? I'm talking
>>about long timings too.
>>Or is it that Shredder etc. is the REAL monster when given time? (and Hiarcs
>>might just be optimized for blitz, but improves evaluation very slowly after
>>more time, by which time Shredder catches up and overtakes)?
>>S.Taylor
>
>Dear Stuart,
>
>Thanks for thinking I might know the answer to this. However, I confess that I'm
>the least knowledgeable poster at this web site, with respect to computer chess.
>So all I can do is report results and leave it to you experts to interpret.
>
>I do have good news though. I've exchanged a couple emails with Mark Uniacke and
>he said Hiarc 10 is in the works. I offered to provide some assistance with the
>opening book in that I'm reporting obvious flaws in the book when I discover
>them.
>
>Mark's a very nice guy. He's aware that the H9 book (and previous books) are
>less than ideal and he plans to improve the situation.
>
>All the best,
>
>Stephen

It sounds like if he takes your help, it will indeed help the program alot!

S.Taylor



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